□ Tuesday, 7 Feb 2012

Modern masters lead Christie's March sale of fine American paintings, drawings and sculpture
Christie’s announced the spring sale of Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture on March 1, featuring an array of works with notable provenance that are fresh to the market, including the Collection of Dr. Mark and Irene Kauffman. More...

Christie's London announces full details of the long-awaited Hockney on paper sale
Christie’s announced full details of the long-awaited HOCKNEY ON PAPER sale, which will take place on Friday 17 February. More...

The royal family of Qatar purchases Paul Cezanne's Card Players for a record $250 million
Forbes published today that it was Vanity Fair who announced the story a few days ago, but it was Josh Baer of BaerFaxt who first broke it in 2011: the purchase of Cezanne's Card Players for $250 million from the estate of Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos. More...

□ Monday, 6 Feb 2012

Gris, Van Gogh, Signac & Miro lead Christie's auction of Impressionist and Modern Art
LONDON - The Impressionist and Modern Art and The Art of the Surreal Evening Auctions will take place on 7 February 2012 at 7pm with a pre-sale estimate of £86,205,000 -127,090,000 (corresponding estimate in 2011: £73.8-109 million). More...

□ Sunday, 5 Feb 2012

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers announces inaugural auction of works by African American artists
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, one of the nation’s leading fine art auction houses, is pleased to announce its inaugural auction of Works by African American Artists on March 1, 2012. More...

□ Friday, 3 Feb 2012

Sotheby's to hold a single owner sale of property from The Collection of Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla
Sotheby's announced the Single Owner sale on 14th March 2012 of property from The Collection of Giovanni & Gabriella Barilla: Important Porcelain, Venetian Fine and Decorative Arts from their Residence in Geneva. More...

□ Thursday, 2 Feb 2012

Earliest known copy of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa found at Spain's Prado Museum
A "Mona Lisa" copy owned by Spain's Prado Museum was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices alongside the master himself as he did the original, museum officials said Wednesday. More...

□ Wednesday, 1 Feb 2012

Special contributions allow Knoxville Museum of Art to acquire masterpiece by Catherine Wiley
KNOXVILLE, TN.- Thanks to an outpouring of generosity from the community, the Knoxville Museum of Art has acquired a landmark 1913 Impressionist painting by East Tennessee native Anna Catherine Wiley (1879-1958). More...

Turner watercolour, lost from public view for 100 years, brought home to Brighton
A painting of Brighton by JMW Turner which was lost from public view for 100 years has found a home at the city's Royal Pavilion thanks to an Art Fund grant. More...

□ Tuesday, 31 Jan 2012

Possibly the greatest comics auction ever announced at Heritage Auctions in New York
The Billy Wright Collection, a newly CGC-pedigreed collection - featuring five of the top six comic books in the hobby, all unrestored and all offered without reserves - leads the way in Heritage's Feb. 22-24 Vintage Comics and Comic Art Signature(r) Auction... More...

□ Monday, 30 Jan 2012

I.M. Chait to host March 21 auction of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art during Asia Week
When the doors are opened to I.M. Chait’s elegant Manhattan gallery space during Asia Week New York (March 16-24), the management and staff of the family-owned southern California firm expect to welcome many old friends to their preview and March 21 auction of Important Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art. More...

□ Sunday, 29 Jan 2012

58th Annual Winter Antiques Show in New York finishes first week with strong sales
The Winter Antiques Show finished its first week with strong sales and interest among buyers, including established collectors, design professionals and first-time buyers. More...

□ Saturday, 28 Jan 2012

Saffronart breaks new ground in western art with its inaugural auction of Impressionist and Modern art
Saffronart, India’s leading auction house announces its entry into Western art with its Inaugural Auction of Impressionist and Modern Art. More...

□ Thursday, 26 Jan 2012

Rothko & The Abstractionists: First major canvas by Rothko at a London auction in a decade
The first major canvas by Mark Rothko to be presented in a London auction in a decade, the spectacular Untitled was executed in 1955 (estimate on request). More...

□ Wednesday, 25 Jan 2012

Sotheby's forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction highlighted by desirable and fresh-to-market works
Following Sotheby’s third most successful year ever (2011) for global auctions of Contemporary Art, which totalled $1.17 billion, the company presents its forthcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction. The sale, which will be staged in London on Tuesday, February 15th, 2012, will include... More...